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World's 3Rd Largest #oil Reserves
Dec 17 2017 01:50 PM | eds in Green Living
Alberta—Canada’s largest consumer of coal, and . . . home to the world’s third-largest oil reserves, . . . has auctioned off, . . . 595 megawatts of renewable energy capacity, . . . to be built in the province. 12-17-2017 Source: World's 3rd larg...
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World Must Manage Water Better
Mar 22 2015 01:20 PM | eds in Green Living
The UN says the planet is facing a 40% shortfall in water supply by 2030, . . . unless the world dramatically improves, . . . the management of this precious resource. Meanwhile, the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), . . . has shone a lig...
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World Map Of Rubbish
Jun 08 2012 02:40 AM | eds in Green Living
Nearly all rubbish is generated by city-dwellers. . . . China's urbanites throw away 520m tonnes. . . . America's urbanites throw away 620m tonnes. Source: economist
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World Bank: End Oil Subsidies
Apr 16 2015 05:10 PM | eds in Green Living
Top economists at the World Bank, . . . continued their push Wednesday to persuade developing nations, . . . to abandon policies that subsidize fuel prices, . . . saying the recent plunge in oil prices, . . . makes such changes easier to implement....
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Wireless Internet For Navajo Nation
Aug 21 2013 08:10 PM | eds in Green Living
After opening a new high-tech data center, . . . the Navajo Nation is one step closer to bringing wireless internet, . . . to people across the vast Navajo reservation. The nation has completed the . . . 570-mile build out for the broadband project. M...
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Winner Red Dot Award: Affects Survivors Health
May 03 2012 09:20 PM | eds in Green Living
Designed with the survivors of natural disasters in mind,
. . . this heat-collecting garment transforms into a blanket,
. . . that provides heat during the night.
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Winner Of Solar Decathlon Europe 2014
Jul 16 2014 03:00 PM | eds in Green Living
Team Rhome from Universitá Degli Studi di Roma TRE, . . . the winner of Solar Decathlon Europe 2014! Their official competition video, representing Italy in the sustainability world cup! 07-16-2014 Source: Winner of Solar Decathlon Europe 2014
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Wind & Solar Spills!
Feb 05 2014 07:35 PM | eds in Green Living
BREAKING NEWS: There’s currently a huge solar power spill going on in much of the world, and . . . there are also wind power spills going on in various other parts of the world. . . . It’s insanity. The result seems to be tons of clean electricity and...
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Will Utilities Survive?
May 05 2014 12:45 PM | eds in Green Living
As little as 5 years ago, electricity was something, . . .that most people took for granted and cared little about. Now that power prices are rising and climate change is widely accepted, . . . almost everyone has a view on the energy sector, . . . wh...
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Will This Disrupt Auto & Oil Industry?
Aug 14 2014 12:05 AM | eds in Green Living
30% of all new cars, bought for official use in China each year, . . . must be “new energy” vehicles. But the Chinese are not looking at solving the world’s problems. . . . Like all good disrupters, they are just trying to build a better mousetrap: . ....
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Will There Be Enough Batteries
Jun 27 2014 10:55 PM | eds in Green Living
Prediction: “Li-ion technology continues to improve, . . . as increased energy densities translate into, . . . smaller and lighter battery packs with more power. At the same time, leading battery cell manufacturers, . . . have built new factories util...
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Will Russia And China Beat The Usa?
Jan 30 2016 05:45 PM | eds in Green Living
Russia, along with its Central Asian neighbors, . . . could hit the 100% renewable electricity mark as soon as 2030, . . . while actually significantly cutting costs, . . . rather than increasing them, according to a new study from . . . Lappeenranta U...
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Will Renewable Energy, Replace Nuclear Reactors?
May 25 2012 04:25 PM | eds in Green Living
Japan had 54 reactors providing close to 30% of its electricity,
. . . with plans to increase this share to more than 50% by 2030.
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Will Mit Divest From Fossil Fuels?
Sep 17 2015 03:20 PM | eds in Green Living
An open letter signed by, . . . 33 hugely-prominent names, has called on . . . MIT to divest fossil fuel investments from its, . . . $12.4 billion endowment. These 33 signatories are not the only ones calling for MIT, . . . to take a stand on cli...
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Will Gm Have "swappable Batteries?"
Oct 11 2012 12:50 AM | eds in Green Living
The incoming CEO of Israel's Better Place electric car initiative said Wednesday that the Herzliya-based firm may partner with American car making giant, General Motors. Source: Swap-Batteries
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Will China Dominate #car Manufacturing?
Nov 10 2017 06:40 PM | eds in Green Living
"The Chinese have taken over the world in: . . . . . . wind turbine production, and . . . . . . photovoltaic. "China's investing billions in battery technology, electric cars, and . . . introducing a regulatory regime, . . . that will prod...
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Will #microgrids Change Civilization?
Feb 09 2018 05:25 PM | eds in Green Living
“I would say, . . . the microgrid should be an integral part of city planning departments. . . . As they go through the permitting of development, . . . they should really look at the energy aspect of it, as well,” https://www.youtube....h?v=S6bHmlqKec...
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Why Solar Stocks Will Dominate The Future
Dec 04 2014 04:05 PM | eds in Green Living
Solar technology has experienced massive development over recent years and . . . will continue for the mid-term. Solar installation capacity in the US will continue to break records in the: . . . . . . utility, . . . . . . industrial, and . . . . . . r...
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Why Is The U.s. Military Buying Renewables?
Apr 06 2013 02:45 PM | eds in Green Living
The Department of Defense’s . . . $1 billion, 300 megawatt solar power on military housing, . . . . . . a distributed rooftop solar initiative that . . . . . . sprawls across dozens of facilities in 33 states. . . . $120 million, 20 megawat...
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Why Is Beijing's Smog So Bad?
Jan 09 2017 11:00 PM | eds in Green Living
Why is Beijing's smog so bad?
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Why Food Manufacturers Should Take Biodiversity...
Feb 21 2012 11:35 PM | Hayden in Green Living
Without vibrant ecosystems, our food system will become less diverse and less resilient, says Andrew Kuyk. Why should the number of other species on the planet be an issue for food manufacturers? After all, the fossil record tells us that there have...
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Why Does Saudi Arabia Want Solar?
Dec 27 2015 01:35 AM | eds in Green Living
Saudi Arabia, for decades a poster child for fossil-fuel waste. . . . The government sells gasoline to consumers for about . . . $.50 a gallon and electricity for as little as . . . $.01 a kilowatt-hour They burn about 1/4 of the oil they pr...
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Why Do We Need Microgrids?
Feb 24 2016 02:25 AM | eds in Green Living
The northeastern United States in summer 2003, . . . a high-voltage power line in Ohio, . . . brushed against overgrown trees, . . . causing it to shut down, and t . . . ouching off a domino effect of disabled lines. . . . For the next . . . . . . 2 da...
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Why Do So Many Usa Quads, End Up As Rejected En...
Oct 09 2012 12:20 AM | eds in Green Living
A Quad is a unit of energy used by the U.S. Department of Energy . . . in discussing world and national energy budgets. Some common types of an energy carrier approximately equal 1 Quad are:8,007,000,000 Gallons (US) of gasoline 293,083,000,000 Kilowa...
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Why A Round House?
Mar 14 2014 10:50 PM | eds in Green Living
Why a round house? Why Not? All new ideas
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